Crunch has ended for most (most not including me). Either way, I still have
some updates to throw down here, so here we go:
These levels are being made with UnrealEd (Unreal Engine 3) from the Gears of War PC version. The idea is, you start off in a shipment area - like a port where boats come down a small canal and load/unload things to different areas of the city (leaving the map name, so far, to be called "Shipment".) It is a single-player map. You start off in this area where you objective is to find Omega Squad; whos last transmission was broadcasted from this shipment area.
You arrive in this area and you begin to explore the level. Well, I guess I could go into details as to what happens in the level, but
that would spoil the surprise (the images are just a hint of what to expect). So you can check out these images for a rough idea of the level layout. On top of this level, I am also working on a UT3 (Unreal Tournament 3) level out of the UT3 UnrealEd. Unfortunetely, I do not have the latest version of the map saved on my drive here, so I cannot shot you images from that level. I will be sure to grab some screen from it as soon as I get a chance.
I think the UT3 map is much further along than my Gears level though. Hopefully crunch will wrap up soon so I can focus more attention to them so they get the love they need. I will be sure to keep you (if anyone even reads this) updated on my progress with this. I hope to finish them both within the next few months, but as work increases, time for self decreases. Meh, time is precious - patience is a virtue. :)
As crunch slows down, I am going to start to work on my portfolio again. First, I will start (continue) on this website so it will be a functioning site instead of just routing you to my bloggy blog. I have the sketches and the flow charts all down and ready to go, but my main problem is what I want to accomplish most likely needs to be done in Flash, which is something I have almost no experience in. So I will have to learn as I go, using the Flash free 30-day trial. I am sure there are other ways to accomplish what I want, but I am not sure of them. At the same time, I have a couple Maya projects I want to finish, and a couple that I want to start. I also have some more ideas I want to sketch out and paint. On top of all of that, I want to finish up my levels. So taking this semester off of college will give me the time I need to build up everything I have not had time to do and things I have been puting off . These next few months shall be interested.
-Aaron Jones|ParasiteArtist-
some updates to throw down here, so here we go:
I have missed some run days due to working, but I am still mostly on schedule. I will still be participating in the Raleigh Marathon November 2nd! The runs got pretty big, with a long 20 mile run last Sunday. It seems it has pretty much peaked though, keeping the long runs withing 14-18 but upping the mid-week runs to 8-10 miles per day. Not bad.
In the midst of this work madness and this crazy run madness, I still found a little bit of time to start working on my level idea. I boxed it out, played with a few design ideas, reboxed, and finally settled on where I want to go with it. I just started it last month, but I only got maybe a few hours of actual work into the finalized version. So these images are a little dated, not showing some recent work.
These levels are being made with UnrealEd (Unreal Engine 3) from the Gears of War PC version. The idea is, you start off in a shipment area - like a port where boats come down a small canal and load/unload things to different areas of the city (leaving the map name, so far, to be called "Shipment".) It is a single-player map. You start off in this area where you objective is to find Omega Squad; whos last transmission was broadcasted from this shipment area.
You arrive in this area and you begin to explore the level. Well, I guess I could go into details as to what happens in the level, but
that would spoil the surprise (the images are just a hint of what to expect). So you can check out these images for a rough idea of the level layout. On top of this level, I am also working on a UT3 (Unreal Tournament 3) level out of the UT3 UnrealEd. Unfortunetely, I do not have the latest version of the map saved on my drive here, so I cannot shot you images from that level. I will be sure to grab some screen from it as soon as I get a chance. 
I think the UT3 map is much further along than my Gears level though. Hopefully crunch will wrap up soon so I can focus more attention to them so they get the love they need. I will be sure to keep you (if anyone even reads this) updated on my progress with this. I hope to finish them both within the next few months, but as work increases, time for self decreases. Meh, time is precious - patience is a virtue. :)
As crunch slows down, I am going to start to work on my portfolio again. First, I will start (continue) on this website so it will be a functioning site instead of just routing you to my bloggy blog. I have the sketches and the flow charts all down and ready to go, but my main problem is what I want to accomplish most likely needs to be done in Flash, which is something I have almost no experience in. So I will have to learn as I go, using the Flash free 30-day trial. I am sure there are other ways to accomplish what I want, but I am not sure of them. At the same time, I have a couple Maya projects I want to finish, and a couple that I want to start. I also have some more ideas I want to sketch out and paint. On top of all of that, I want to finish up my levels. So taking this semester off of college will give me the time I need to build up everything I have not had time to do and things I have been puting off . These next few months shall be interested.
-Aaron Jones|ParasiteArtist-
ur my rockin' boyfriend :) i love you so much!!!!
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